Re: [MBZ] RR MPG - was First MB DIesel
Fmiser wrote: > r a Diesel engine running at an efficient speed places fuel usage > at 16 hp per gallon per hour" I'd love to see that in a car engine. 70 mpg at 70 mph! Now I've got to research the specific consumption of a 15hp Kubota garden tractor engine. Are those things direct injection or indirect? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] RR MPG - was First MB DIesel
> OK - sounds reasonable. Next time I see that commercial I'll > pay closer attention. > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) I did some digging to try to figure out what the actual fuel consumption is. The best I've found is a "standard rule of thumb in Yacht Design and Naval Architecture for a Diesel engine running at an efficient speed places fuel usage at 16 hp per gallon per hour" With a 4) 1500 hp power units, there is 6000 hp available. It will not use all of it when cruising! But a minimum fuel usage at maximum power would be 375 g/h. If it is traveling at 30 mph just then, it would be 12.5 g/m or 0.08 mpg. Unrelated, while digging I found a Sprinter diesel-electric http://www.gizmag.com/go/3906/ -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] RR MPG - was First MB DIesel
So one day I was fishing with a buddy about 6 or 7 miles offshore out of Salem MA, on Stellwagen bank. It was a calm day, very flat seas, a bit hazy, viz maybe a mile or so. We hear this gawdawful sound, like fighter locomotives taking off, and start thinking some heavy is coming into Boston maybe a tad low, but it was coming from the east. And holy sh*t!!! a few seconds later the turbo-yacht Octopussy, which is maybe 150ft? screams by, maybe 1/4 mile off, at full bore doing what we guessed about 70mph and throwing a roostertail about 300ft. That was damned impressive. I am guessing their fuel consumption was a tad over 12.5 gpm. We thought they were damned lucky too because there were humpbacks all around, and they are not quite that big, but would put a serious hurt on that hull at that speed. Google research shows 45m, top speed 53kt, turbine/waterjet drive. There are some guys, likely with small, ahem, endowments, who have built faster yachts but that was the first big go-fast boat like that.. --R Fmiser wrote: >> OK - sounds reasonable. Next time I see that commercial I'll >> pay closer attention. >> >> Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) >> > > I did some digging to try to figure out what the actual fuel > consumption is. The best I've found is a "standard rule of thumb > in Yacht Design and Naval Architecture for a Diesel engine > running at an efficient speed places fuel usage at 16 hp per > gallon per hour" > > With a 4) 1500 hp power units, there is 6000 hp available. It > will not use all of it when cruising! But a minimum fuel usage > at maximum power would be 375 g/h. If it is traveling at 30 mph > just then, it would be 12.5 g/m or 0.08 mpg. > > Unrelated, while digging I found a Sprinter diesel-electric > http://www.gizmag.com/go/3906/ > > -- Philip > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] RR MPG - was First MB DIesel
Direct AFAIK. There was some talk on Saabnet awhile ago about putting one in a 96. I declared it didn't make any sense and some others backed me up. I got to run a Deere diesel lawn tractor last fall. It was a bit weird to have to wait for glowplugs on a lawn tractor... -Curt Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:39:50 -0500 From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] RR MPG - was First MB DIesel To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Fmiser wrote: > r a Diesel engine running at an efficient speed places fuel usage > at 16 hp per gallon per hour" I'd love to see that in a car engine. 70 mpg at 70 mph! Now I've got to research the specific consumption of a 15hp Kubota garden tractor engine. Are those things direct injection or indirect? Mitch. - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
